GAATES at Doha Conference

From Disability News Asia:

Doha, Qatar, 13 May: The Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (Gaates) presented on Accessible Technologies in the 9th Scientific Convention for the year 2009, Doha, under the name "Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities ? The way to the Future organized by the Gulf Disability Society for Arab with cooperation of AlShafallah Center for Children with Special Needs

GAATES is the leading international not-for-profit organization that brings together individuals and organizations dedicated to promoting accessibility of electronic and communication technologies and accessibility of the built environment.

Betty Dion, President, GAATES presented on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its impact on technologies and accessibility. She also presented on Research and surveys, applied research in the field of the development of assistive technologies and the importance of the involvement of people with disabilities.

Mukhtar AlShibani, Vice President, GAATES presented on the universal accessibility criteria that help persons with disabilities in their daily life activities and their role in work environments.

Chuck Letourneau, a GAATES director from Canada, told the audience about his experiences in developing a highly trained cadre of technical support staff, job-assessors, documentation writers and job-skill trainers to support employees with disabilities.

Dr. Harold W. Snider, a GAATES Director from US, Presented on Assistive Technology and the Development of Networking Skills and Legal, Psychological and social effects that may accompany the use of assistive technology for people with disabilities.

Aqeel Qureshi, a Gaates member, presented on Assistive Technology to support e-education for people with disabilities and how people with disabilities access hardware and software. He told the audience about Assistive Technology enables people with disabilities to access computer systems that would increases independence for persons with disabilities to participate in the society and enter the information age.